the bike geek in me feels the film makers could have easily scoured ebay/craigslist and ended up with something way more authentic and cheaper.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/condor-cycles-makes-bikes-for-lance-armstrong-movie

Veracity in film means different things to different people. Heard a story on NPR about the use of computer code in some famous movies like 'Terminator'. The code that appeared on screen (in one case) was for an Apple II computer. Computer geeks saw this and the bar has now been raised.

the hoarders on Paceline or Velocipede Salon could have really cashed in

dura-ace 7800 on a motorola era "caloi" will make it so that I will be completely unable to watch the movie. what if the campy parts on the saeco bikes are of the wrong generation, too? or worse yet, what if Jan's lever hoods are the 2nd generation when we all know he preferred the pointy 1st generation ones and had them specially built. The horror...the horror

Posted By j t on 01/15/2014 12:31 PM
the hoarders on Paceline or Velocipede Salon could have really cashed in

dura-ace 7800 on a motorola era "caloi" will make it so that I will be completely unable to watch the movie. what if the campy parts on the saeco bikes are of the wrong generation, too? or worse yet, what if Jan's lever hoods are the 2nd generation when we all know he preferred the pointy 1st generation ones and had them specially built. The horror...the horror

I posted the same thing on Paceline about the faux Merckx, I have two, one is a Corsa Extra the other a Strada. Easy enough to do a repaint but I was more bothered by their choice on components,if that's what will be sued in the film.